“It wasn’t even about football. I don’t feel like football was the reason that no one brought him in, because that’s the easy part for him. I think it was the reputation things that probably scared more teams away.”

Strahan was teammates with Barber in New York for 10 years, and acknowledge that Barber's personality can be a turnoff.

“Did everything in our locker room work out great with him? Not all the time, but everything didn’t work out great with everybody. Did he get along with everybody? He probably didn’t get along — got along with less guys . . . because he wasn’t reaching out to a lot of the younger players.”

Barber's agent came out and said that Tiki had "moved on" after no team was willing to take a chance on him this summer. The 36-year-old had been attempting a comeback after a four-year break from football.